by Shai » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:31 pm
In the early Vedic times different members, belonging to one family, used to undertake different occupations of Chaturvarna(four castes) according to their inclinations and ability. Each member of a family was at liberty to adopt any profession he/she liked best without any obligation. Born of the same parents, one son/daughter used to end the cattle and still the soil; another, being of an enterprising nature, defended his/her hearth and home against undesirables and mintained peace and order of the country; and a third son/daughter gifted with intellectual and spiritual disposition, pursued the priestly profession. In course of time, when the Vedic Aryans, having grown in overwhelming numbers, scattered throughout the whole of Aryavarta, they divided themselves into four divisions according to their different qualities(gunas) and actions(karmas) in order to organize their society upon a sound basis. This fourfold division has been a predominant factor of the Hindu social fabric. Sr